Apollo 8 Crew Starts Historic Lunar Quest
Apollo 8 launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn V at 7 51 am EST and began a nine day mission toward the moon. Commander Borman and crewmen Lovell and Anders orbited Earth then set course for lunar travel with hope of a possible May landing. The crew reported stunning views as they left Earth and prepared for further trans lunar injection.
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Edward K. Delong
Cane Kennedy
Moon
Earth
Lovell
South America
North America
Yucata
Cane Howe
Africa
Tierra del Fuego
Phillips
Pacific
Borman
Ransom Case Ends as Cash Recovered in Florida Marshes
FBI and local officers reported recovering about 400000 of the Mackle kidnap ransom from a green duffle bag found in a marshland near Hog Island ten miles south of Sarasota. Suspect Gary Krist, along with Ruth Eisemann Schier, was pursued after he fled by boat on the Myakka River and vanished into the swamp as helicopters searched the area. The search continued late into the night with boats and lights scanning the mangroves for the kidnapper.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
UPT
FBI
Mackle
Gary Steven Krist
Krist
Sarasota
Florida
Barbara Jane Mackle
Emory University
Atlanta
Robert Mackle
Miss Mackle
Hog Island
Ruth Eisemann Schier
Myakka River
Fort Myers
Winter Storm Slams Texas With Snow Rain and Fog
Winter moved into Texas bringing a mix of snow drizzle rain and dense fog. Temperatures ranged from the low 20s in the Panhandle to single digits in the Brownsville area with El Paso seeing snow earlier and Wink reporting 66. Airfield gauges measured up to 0.18 inches. forecasts warned of freezing drizzle turning to snow and heavy storms in East Texas.
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United Press International
Texas
Rice Grande Valley
Upper
Panhandle
Brownsville
Wink
el Paso
New Mexico
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
East Texas
Red River Valley
West Texas
Trap Shoot at Baylor Lake Prizes for Winners
The Red River Sportsmen's Club sponsors a trap shoot at Baylor Lake club property starting at 1 p.m. Prizes include turkeys, hams, and bacon. Open to the public.
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Baylor Lake
Red River Sportsmen’s Club
John D Groves Services To Be Held Monday
Funeral services for John Dickson Groves 82 are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Kirkland Church of Christ with Eldon Sanders directing. Burial will follow in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Cora Ada Woolery, a son Clifford D Groves, a brother G B Groves, a granddaughter and four great grandchildren.
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John Dickson Groves
Childress General Hospital
Eldon Sanders
Kirkland Church
Collin County
Kirkland
Avenue J
Childress
Clifford D Groves
Clovis, N.M
G. B. Groves
Farmersville
South Vietnam accuses Hanoi of seeking to impose peace
The Saigon delegation in Paris charges North Vietnam and the Viet Front with aims to impose terms, not negotiate. It denounces the Communists as blocking an expanded conference and insists on a two-sided table with Allied and Communist sides.
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Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Front
U.S
Cyrage Vance
Washington
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Vance
United States
Contributions Received For Elks Christmas Party
Elks Christmas Party for needy children gains new donors led by Emil Schattel Exalted Ruler. The event Tuesday at the lodge hall is directed by Dalton Martin with recent contributors including Orville Weatherbee J E Benham John T Forbis Raymond Rhodes Jerry D Williams and others.
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Elks
Emil Schattel
Lodge Hall
Dalton Martin
Orville Weatherbee
J. E. Benham
John T. Forbis
Raymond Rhodes
Jerry D. Williams
Lester Phillins
Morris Higley
M. K. Wilcoxson
C. C. Tonder
Louis Eaton
Tollie Dill
Bill Clynch
Joe Shirley
Homer Baker
Dies Named Secretary of State by Preston Smith in Texas
Gov elect Preston Smith selects Martin Dies Jr of Lufkin for secretary of state. Dies, 47, served eight Texas Senate years and chairs of nominations counties and cities committees. Confirmation awaits senate, effective after inauguration set for Jan 21.
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Smith
Sen. Dies
Texas
Hunt County
Dies
Orange County
Stephen F. Austin
Southern Methodist University Law School
Senate
Hies
Twic
Julie and David Eisenhower to Wed in Marble Church
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower prepared for a Sunday wedding at Marble Collegiate Church following a Christmas rehearsal. The couple, both 20, will exchange vows in a White House linked ceremony overseen by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale as 400 guests attend.
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New York
UPI
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
David
Eisenhower
Marble Collegiate Church
Norman Vincent Peale
Julie
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Thanen Home Wins Northwest Childress Christmas Lighting Contest
The Harry Thanen home on Denfield Lane won first prize in Childress Christmas Lighting Contest judged Friday night by the Chamber of Commerce. Second place tied between Larkin Wallis 300 Avenue E Southeast and Jack Fox 800 Avenue E Southeast. third went to Alex Saied on U.S. Highway 83 North. Honorable mentions listed with dozens of residents and addresses. First prize paid 15 dollars, second 10, third 5.
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Harry Thaten
Denfield Lane
Country Club Addition
Northwest
Childress
Larkin Wallis
Avenue E Southeast
Jack Fox
Avenue E Se
Alex Saied
U.S. Highway 83
Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Randel
Billy Joe Atkinson
M. L. Crone
10Th St
J. R. Bryant
Bob Jones
Ernest Edrington
Bill Sager
E. J. Huddleston
Willie Fields
George Nickerson
Booker Jackson
7Th St
A. M. Privitt
Bill Henson
Buddy Cordell
Ray Grimes
H. R. Catherall
5Th
Avenue E
Hal Hiller
Darrell Baker
Clinton McGhee
Fay Eatherly
Bert Hargrave
Jim Eddy
George Johnston
Mattress Fire Damages Home on Tenth Street Southwest
A mattress fire destroyed the mattress and caused smoke damage to the residence of C. K. Cravens at 510 Tenth Street Southwest. The blaze was reported at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and extinguished by the Fire Department.
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C. K. Cravens
Tenth Street
North Vietnam Grows War Effort After Bombing Halt
North Vietnam enlarged its war effort above the DMZ after the November 1 bombing pause, reopening ports at Vinh Dong Hoi and Quang Khe and lengthening airstrips for MIG jets. U.S. bombers attacked a gun position near Done Hoi as talks of prisoner releases continued in Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Panhandle
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Quang Khe
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
Done Hoi
Dmz
Quanah Rites Monday For M. B. Dowlen
M B Dowlen 86 of Lazare former Kirkland resident died Friday night of an apparent heart attack Funeral services set for 10 am Monday at First Methodist Quanah with interment in Quanah Cemetery Knowles Funeral Home handling arrangements Born March 9 1882 in Pleasantville Tenn he came to Kirkland in 1907 later moved to Lazare Survived by five sons a daughter nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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M. B. Dowlen
Lazaré
Kirkland
First Methodist Church
Quanah
Knowles Funeral Home
Pleasantville
Tenn
Lazare
Dowlen
Wellington Youth Killed In Farm Road Accident
Elijah Wesley Reed ten-year-old son of Grady and Mrs. Reed of 206 El Paso Street Wellington died after being run over by a cotton trailer on Farm Road 338 eight miles west of Wellington. He was a third grade student at Wellington and died at St Josephs Hospital shortly after the 3 25 p.m. Friday crash. Funeral services were held today at First Christian Church officiated by Marvin L Garrison with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Survivors include his parents a sister Maudine a brother Grady Jr and grandmother Mrs Maude Reed of Cement Oklahoma.
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Elijah Wesley Reed
Grady Reed
el Paso Street
Wellington
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Reed
First Christian Church
Marvin L. Garrison
Memorial Gardens
Kelso Funeral Home
Maudine
Grady Jr
Maude Reed
Cement
Okla
Amarillo and Pampa Men Arrested and Arraigned
Eddy Lewis Johnson of Amarillo and Teddy Lynn Heiskell of Pampa were arraigned in county court Saturday on driving while intoxicated charges. Johnson changed to guilty, Heiskell pled guilty. Each was fined $100 plus costs and sentenced to 15 days in jail with six months on a restricted license.
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Eddy Lewis Johnson
Amarillo
Teddy Lynn Heiskell
Pampa
Heiskell
Johnson
Clarence Carter
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Hubert
Humphrey
Tass
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Wernher von Braun
Sam Phillips
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John D. Groves
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Avenue B
Main
Jim Fields
Johnie Rucker
W.E. Helms, Jr
Roy Hassell
Sam Privitt
SVN
Elks Party
Martin Dies Jr
Thaten
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